School: Drom Mór (B.), Beantraí (roll number 13095)
- Location:
- Dromore, Co. Cork
- Teacher: Éamonn Ó Conchobhair
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- (continued from previous page)I have heard about the Beechers:
These landlords go around on their estates hunting so it happened on Friday that they were hunting and they were accompanied by a priest. After a few hours shooting they sat down to eat their lunch, one of the men had meat so he offered some of it to the priest and he being insulted said: "The dog would not eat meat to-day", and then one of the men threw a piece of meat to the dogs and when they smelled to it they walked off and left it there untouched.
- The chief game played locally is bowl-playing, and had been for many generations. The people used play other games also such as hurley and football but there are no out-standing matches on record in either game.
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